BGS Career Development
Making It Count!
Join the UPenn Ernest E. Just Biomedical Society for their fall seminar series. Listen to Dr. Chinonye Nnakwe Whitley share her journey in science. Lunch from New Dehli will be provided.
Visit Dr. Whitley’s LinkedIn for more information on her background.
When: November 2, 2018 at 12PM
Where: Blockley Hall 1311 Classroom 1
Penn Career Services has released a new Careers page, dedicated entirely to doctoral students and postdocs. The content-rich page features the following topics:
Each of these sections features useful links, including preparing for postdocs & faculty careers, preparing for careers beyond academia, digital resources, and more.
Explore here.
Interested in working on your science communication skills? Visit Open Labs at Penn on October 24th and 25th! Pitch your idea for a TED-style talk and get a chance to present your science to high school students in December. See the flier below for details–for more information, email pennopenlabs@gmail.com.
When: October 24th and 25th, 2018. 5:30-6:30 PM
Where: ARCH 107
The Young Scientist Seminars (YSS) is a video series produced by iBiology that features early-career scientists giving talks about their research and discoveries. As with all iBiology videos, the YSS videos are freely available online and widely viewed by an international audience of students, scientists, educators, and the public. Speakers in the YSS series must apply by December 17, 2018 (11:59pm PT) to be selected.
Benefits
This is a unique opportunity for young scientists to develop their communication skills and showcase their work! (Via iBiology.)
Click HERE to apply for the 2019 Young Scientist Seminars! You can access a PDF version of the application HERE.
This Career Services program is open to doctoral students and postdocs as part of the Academic Job Search Series. The panel presentation will provide insight into navigating a campus visit, a crucial component of the faculty interviewing process. Candidates, whether applying for a visiting assistant professor position or a tenure track faculty position, should be prepared with questions, negotiation points, and an understanding of what the search committee is looking for.
Take this opportunity to learn about campus interviews from faculty members who have been through the process as candidates and members of search committees.
The panelists include:
• Dr. Jonathan Heckman, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania
• Dr. Rebecca Hubbard, Associate Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
• Dr. Vinayak Mathur, GR’15, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Cabrini University
• Dr. Megan Matthews, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania
• Dr. Yvonne Paterson, Professor, Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania (Via Handshake)
When: Wednesday, October 17th 2018, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Where: Perelman Quad – Houston Hall, Golkin Room, 3417 Spruce St, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
The BioSciences Career Fair will be on October 25th, 2018, with over 60 employers coming to chat with STEM graduate students and postdocs. Employers include J&J, Pfizer, GSK, Bristol-Myers Squibb, CSL Behring, Celgene, Regeneron, and many more!
When: October 25th, 2018 from 1:00 – 4:00 PM
Where: Colket Translational Research Building, 3501 Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104
For more information on employers and to register, visit here.
